Our School and CommunityNagoya International School (NIS) is an independent, non-profit, co-educational day school established in 1964 to serve the needs of the bicultural, international, and internationally-minded community of Nagoya, Japan, from preschool to grade 12. NIS is an inclusive school, and we enroll students with diverse gifts, talents and dreams who both benefit from the programs we offer and have the opportunity to achieve the objectives of our mission. NIS enrolls students from 35 countries.

The school is divided into two divisions, the Primary School, which includes the ELC Preschool/Kindergarten and the Elementary School, and the Secondary School, which encompasses the Middle School (gr. 6-8) and High School (gr. 9-12). The student populationis approximately 500, of whom roughly 250 students are in pre-school through Grade 5; 100 in Grades 6 through 8, and 150 in Grades 9 through 12. The Secondary school (Grades 6-12) faculty consists of 45 teachers representing 11 different nationalities. School-wide, the student-teacher ratio is approximately 6:1.

The 180-day school year is divided into two semesters, starting mid-August and finishing in mid-June.

We empower our students to think creatively and critically, pursue lifelong learning and contribute positively to the global community.InquIre InSpIre ImpaCt

2017-2018 School Profile

CeeB School Code: 680330IB School Code: 003542uCaS: 46080

pOStaL maIL 2686 Minamihara, Nakashidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Japan 463-0002 teL +81-(0)-52-736-2025 FaX +81-(0)-52-736-3883 WeB www.nis .ac.jp

Head of School: Matthew Parr mparr@nis.ac.jpprincipal: Aubrey Curran acurran@nis.ac.jpDirector of Learning: Luci Willis lwillis@nis.ac.jpIB Diploma programme Coordinator: Paul Moody pmoody@nis.ac.jpSchool Counselor: Yuko Spachuk yspachuk@nis.ac.jp

enrollment By Division

nationality Breakdown parent(s) profession

accreditation, Curriculum and activitiesNagoya International School (NIS) is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). NIS is authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization to teach the IB Diploma Programme (DP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Primary Years Programme (PYP). NIS was authorized in 2008 to teach the IB Diploma level. All students in Grades 11 and 12 follow IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) courses and more than 90% take the full IB Diploma. All qualifying students also receive an accredited NIS High School diploma.

NIS offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, including: Choir, Chess Club, Dolphin Wave Newspaper, NIS Homebuilders, Model United Nations, Musicals, Nagoya Honor Society, Red Cross, Robotics Team, Service Dog Club, Student Council and Yearbook. Sports include: Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.

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TaiwanThailandTurkeyUKUkraineUSVenezuelaVietnam

Student nationalities (as of Sept. 1, 2017 = 35)

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IB Diploma programme (IBDp) and assessmentThe IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a globally recognized two-year pre-university program which consists of six subjects (usually three at Higher Level and three at Standard Level), an Extended Essay of 4000 words, a Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course, and a required Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) component. The IBDP is structured to provide students with a rigorous and balanced education, to facilitate geographic and cultural mobility, and to promote international understanding and awareness. Courses are examined externally in May of Grade 12, but all have at least a 20% internally assessed component that is externally moderated. Each subject is graded on a 1 (minimum) through 7 (maximum) scale. The following courses are taught at IB Higher Level (HL) and at Standard Level (SL) :

Languages (a): English Literature • English Language & Literature • Japanese Language & Literature Languages (B): Japanese B, Japanese ab initio Individuals & Societies: Economics • History experimental Sciences: Biology • Physics • Chemistry mathematics: Math Studies SL • Mathematics SL • Mathematics HL the arts: Visual Arts • Theater

* Students are able to study additional accredited IB courses through Pomoja Education online

IBDp results, Grades, and Class rankThe maximum IBDP score is 45 points (six courses = maximum 42 points, plus 3 extra points for TOK and the Extended Essay). All NIS students are encouraged to undertake the full IBDP, while in many schools the IBDP is selective. The pass rate average over the last six years was 94.0% with an average score of 33 out of 45 and an average point score per subject in 2017 of 5.10 (out of 7). This compares with a worldwide average approximated at 30 points and with a worldwide pass rate averaged at 79%. NIS teachers predict grades within a 1 point range for a 93% level of accuracy.

NIS reports grades according to the full IB assessment criteria based on the 7-point scale. This scale is applied at a developmentally appropriate level within the context of a two-year course in the case of the DP in Grades 11 & 12. Assessment criteria are rigorously upheld. Grades are issued at the end of each semester. Due to our belief in criteria-referenced education in which students are judged against their learning, rather than against each other, NIS does not provide class ranking.

GPA (Grade Point Average) is calculated as the average grade of all courses taken in High School. Only NIS semester grades will count towards a student’s GPA; grades earned in other schools are not included in the NIS GPA. A student’s GPA is calculated using the following conversion: 7 (A+/4.3), 6 (A or A-/4.0), 5 (B+, B or B-/3.3), 4 (C+, C, or C-/2.3), 3 (D+/1.3), 2 (D/1.0), 1 (F/0), 0 (I-F/0).

IBDp average Grade Distribution (%) (2017) IBDp average total points Students taking IBDp (% of Cohort) IBDp pass rate (% of Diploma Students)

university acceptances (Classes of 2016 & 2017)

uSArizona State UniversityBabson CollegeBates CollegeBoston College (2)

Boston UniversityBrown UniversityCalifornia Lutheran UniversityCalifornia State Long BeachColby CollegeColgate UniversityDuke UniversityEmory UniversityHofstra UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityKenyon CollegeLamar UniversityMacalester CollegeMiddlebury CollegeNorth Virginia Community CollegeNortheastern University (2)

Northwestern University (2)

Occidental College (2)

Oregon State UniversityPratt Institute

Purdue UniversityRutgers UniversitySavannah College of Art & Design (2)

Skidmore CollegeSouthern Methodist UniversityStanford UniversityTemple UniversityTexas A&M UniversityTexas Christian UniversityTexas Tech UniversityThe New School - ParsonsUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Irvine (2)

University of California, MercedUniversity of California, RiversideUniversity of California, San Diego (2)University of Hawaii, ManoaUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-C.University of MississippiUniversity of North TexasUniversity of OklahomaUniversity of Oregon (2)

University of Texas, Austin

University of WashingtonVassar CollegeWashington & Jefferson CollegeWashington State UniversityWashington University in St. LouisWesleyan UniversityWhittier CollegeWichita State University

uKArts University BournemouthCoventry UniversityKing’s College LondonLancashire UniversityLiverpool UniversityManchester Metropolitan UniversityMiddlesex UniversitySalford UniversitySOAS, University of LondonUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of Exeter (2)

University of GlasgowUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of Southernhampton

University of SussexUniversity of the Arts LondonUniversity of WarwickUniversity of WestminsterUniversity of York

CanaDaMcGill University (2)

McMaster UniversityOntario College of Art & DesignQueen’s UniversityQuest UniversitySeneca CollegeSimon Fraser UniversityUniversity of British Columbia (3)

University of CalgaryUniversity of Toronto (2)

University of Waterloo

JapanDoshisha UniversityHosei UniversityInternational Christian University (3)

Keio University (10)

Nagoya University

Okayama University (3)

Osaka University Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific UniversityRitsumeikan UniversitySophia University (3)

Temple UniversityWaseda University (8)

Yamanashi Gakuin University

OtHerJacobs University (Germany)

Leiden University College (Netherlands)

Webster University (Austria)

Seoul National University (2) (Korea)

Yonsei University (2) (Korea)

Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)

Thammasat University (Thailand)